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MACHINE FOR WIRING GORKS IN BOTTLES No. 295,735. Patented Mar. 25, 1884a i lar section, looking 1n the opposite direction;

Fig. 10, an enlarged sectional View of spring- ORAMILLE O. CARPENTER, OFBROOKLYN, NEWV YORK, ASSIGNOR NATHANIEL B. ABBOTT, OF SAME PLACE.

, MACHINE FOR WIRINGCORKS IN BOTTLES.

r SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 295,735, dated March25, 1884.

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. To all whom it may concern.-

; Be it known that I, ORAMILLE O. GARPEN TER, of the city of Brooklyn,in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a newanduseful Improvement in Machines for 'Wiring the Corks in Bottles; and Ihereby declare the following to be a full and clear description thereof.

The object ofthis invention is to construct a machine for putting wiresover the tops. of

corks in bottles and twist the said wires with wires which are placed bythe machine around the necks of the bottles, so as to hold the corks intheir positions in the bottles.

The construction and operation of the said machine will be readilyunderstood by. referen cc to the accompanying drawings, in wl1ich-Figure l is a side elevation of the complete machine. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional elevation of it. Fig. 3isageneral plan. Fig. 4 isafront end elevation. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional elevation of .themachine, taken on longitudinal sectional elevation of the parts thelineme of Fig. 1, and looking toward the rear end of the machine. Fig. 6is a rear end devotion of themachine. Fig. 7'is a transverse sectionalelevation of the machine on the line y y of Fig. 1, and looking towardthe front end of the machine, so as to show the cuttingoff shears. Fig.8 is a detailed plan of the sliding shaft and its attachedoperating-jaws which hold and twist the wire. Fig. 9 is a shown in Fig.8. Fig. 9? is a. partial section of Fig. 9 011 line 00 so, lookingtoward the front or closing end of the jaws. Fig. 9 is a sin1icatchmechanism. Fig. 11 is a detailed view ofsliding follower and clamps.Fig. 12 is a detail view, showing the mechanismin section for clutchingthe gears 13 and B Fig. 13 is a detailed viewof the spring for allowingthe lateral movement of the nippers.

All of the operative parts of the machine are attached to or supportedby the bed-plate or-table A, which,when the machine is in operation, israised up on legs or other supports, a, soas to make the top of thetable or bedplate stand atan elevation of about three feet (moreor,less) from thc'floor on which the operator stands.

Secured to the top of the bed-plate or table A are stands orbearingsupports A A for the journal-bearings of the shaft l3 and forother purposes. The front one of these sup ports, A, besides furnishingabearing, forthe said drivingshaft, also provides bearings for thenippers for holding the front end of the twisted wire in proper positionwith respect to the cork of the bottle and the cam for operating saidnippers; also the shears for cutting off the wire after it is twistedproperly on the bottle; and likewise the holder ofthe mouth of thebottle when it is placed in the machine, all of which specific parts ofthe machine will be presently described. 1

The shaft B, besides having on it the driving gear-wheel B, by which itis driven, carries a cam, B for imparting a longitudinal 1 head, C,whichis seated in the stand A, bolted to the bed-plate A. The said shaft isrotated inthe said sliding head 0 by means of a gear wheel, 0 which. isactuated by the train of 8c gearing hereinafter described, the saidgearwheel 0 allowing the shaft 0 to slide longitudinally within itbymeans of a longitudinal groove, 0, in the periphery of the said shaft,and a key or tongue attachedto the said wheel 0 and depending into thesaid longitudinal groove. A standard, 0, bolted to the bedplate A, issecured to the yo ke 0 which embraces the wheel 0 thus providing.against any lateral movement of the latter upon the shaft 0. The slidinghead 0 is moved longitudinally in the machine by means of afol: lowerorlever, D, and its actuating-cam B The upper end of the said follower orlever is attached to the sliding head 0 by means of a link, (2, so as toallow the sliding head to move in a straight line, while the top end ofthe said lever describes a small arc of a circle. The lower end of thesaid lever or followeris slotted for. the fulcrum-pind, and thefulcrum-lug A to which it is fulcrumed, is also slotted vertically, soas to move the fulcrumpin up or down, as occasion may require, toincrease or diminish the length of throw of V the top end of the leveror follower, and consequently the amount of longitudinal movement of thesliding head 0. This isfor adjusting the machine to different work ordifferent-sized bottles. A pin or sheave, D, attached to the saidfollower or lever D, is engaged by the rotating cam B and moved as thesaid cam rotates, so as to carry the sliding head 0 forward and backwardat each rotation of the said cam 13. The operating-jaws E E (which carrythe wire to and twist it around theneck of the bottle) are attached tothe front end of the sliding shaft 0, and moved forward and backward,and rotated by and with the said shaft. The cam B is constructed so asto move the sliding shaft and its operatingjaws forward and backwardquickly for the most of the longitudinal movement, and then slowlyforward for a short distance, so as to accommodate the jaws to theoperation of twisting the wire on the bottle, the jaws being required tomove toward the bottle as the act of twisting the wire shortens it, andconsequently the distance between the jaws and the bottle. Thequick-moving part of the cam is shown in Fig. 1, between the points I)and I), while all of the rest of the periphery of the cam-i. 0., betweenthe points b and b -the cam is made so as to move the lever D and itsattached parts just enough to accommodate the jaws to the twistingmovement above described. The operating-jaws E E are pivoted at 6, neartheir central part, to a transverse bar or head, E, which is securelyfixed to thefront end of the sliding shaft 0. The front ends of the saidjaws are arranged to close tightly together, as shown in Figs. 3 and 8,and the rear ends of them are separated several inches apart, andattached by the follower-links E E to a sliding collar, E, which slideson the sliding shaft 0. The opposite ends of the links E E arerespectively attached, by hinge-joints or pivotpins 6 0 to thejaw-pieces E and the sliding collar E". This construction of theoperating-jaws and the'open position of the said jaws are shown indotted lines, and the closed position by the full lines, in Fig. 8. Acoiled spring, E, surrounds the sliding shaft O, in front of andpressing against the sliding collar E, to press it back and open thejaws, when the spring catch 0, shown in Fig. 10, releases the saidsliding collar at the extreme forward limit of its movement, aspresently explained. \Vhen the sliding shaft 0 is moved backward, justbefore it reaches the extreme limit of its movement,the rear end of thesliding collar strikes the stop E and then the continued rearwardmovement of the said shaft causes the said collar to slide relativelyforward on it, and thus close the jaws, and as soon as they are closedthe spring-catch e engages in a notch or hole in the shaft 0, andthereby holds the jaws closed tightly until they make their next fullmovement forward; and then, just as soon as the nippers F grasp the wirewhich projects in front of the ends of the operating-jaws, the tappet h(connected with and operatedby the the lifting table G) releases thespringdetent e and allows the spring E" to throw the jaws open; and assoon as the jaws are thus opened they are moved rearw ardby and with thesh aft 0 until the stop closes them again, as above described. The stopis made adjustable, so as to close the jaws at any desired point. Themechanism of the other parts of the machine is such that as soon as thejaws E are closed the shaft 0, to which they are attached, commences torotate, and this rotation of the said jaws twists the wires betweenthebottle and the end of the jaws just enough to tighten the wire on thecork, and during this twisting operation the cam B moves the jaws justfar enough ahead to take up the shortening distance made by the twistingwire. The rotation and forward and rearward movements of the shaft 0 aremade by the gearing'and camconnections between the twoshafts, so that ateach revolution of the driving-shaft B the sliding shaft 0 makes onecomplete movement forward and backward, and a sufficient number ofrotations to thoroughly twist and tighten the wire on the cork in onebottle, and the length of the throw of the said shaft backward andforward is just enough to feed out through the jaws E wire enough tocork one bottle.

The bottle to be corked or wired is placed on the table G, which slidesup and down in ways 9, and is moved up by treadle G, lever G, andconnecting-rods G G". The weight V at therear end of the lever G acts asa counter-weight to help raise or balance the table. A sliding rod, H,actuated by the cam-faced attachment 2 of the table G extendslongitudinally therefrom through the machine in any convenient orsuitable location, and actuates the tappet h and the clutch H at theproper moment to make the mechanism of the machine act in harmony withthemovements of the said bottle-table, and thereby places all of themovements of the machine automatically under the control of theoperator, who moves the treadle G and places the bottles on the table G.In utilizing this provision of 'the machine, a bracket or arm, F,attached to the table G, is connected by a conmeeting-rod, F with thecam F, which operates the nippers F, to close them tightly on the wiresX as soon as the said wires are thrown forward far enough for'thenippers to receive them. The cam F is constructed, as shown in Fig. 4,so as to close the nippers F before the table G reaches the full upwardlimit of its movement, and hold the nippers closed a 'pin, f, whichprojects from the front of the support or standard A. The pin f is madelong enough to allow the strap f, with the nippers, considerable lateralmovement, for

the purpose of preventing the nippers from interfering with the removalof a bottle from the machine; but a spring (see Fig. 141) habituw allythrows the nippers F up against the machine or the support A. The clutchH, operated by the sliding rod H, couples the gear- .wheel I to thedriving-shaft I, so as to start the rotary mechanism of the machine atthe proper moment the position of the table G (with a bottle on it)requires the rotary movements of the machine to commence to harmonizethe whole operations of the machine. The shaft I is to runcontinuouslyby means of a belt or gearwheel, (not shown.) but by meansof the clutch a, H the shaft B, with all the mechanisms operated by it,is started and stopped with each raising and lowering of the table G.The

wires :0. as m as, which are used with this machine are carried on thespools J J 2 J 3 J, the two first of which are attached to the oppositesides of the jaws E,and feed their wires forward through transverseholes in the jaws E, as shown in Fig, 3. The two latter-named spools areattached to the rear end of the slidj l ing shaft 0, which is madehollow, and the 30 wires 02 00* are passed through this hollow shaft tothe jaws E, where all of the wires used unite and are twisted intoa wirecord, X, which forms the wiring of the bottle. There maybe two ormore ofthese wires .used at one time. Where four wires are used the completewire X is branched off from the nippers, (which hold it during thewiring operation,)

two wires, 00 00?, passing around thebottleneck, and the wires or 00over the cork. Where only two of the wires are used the spools not inuse will simply remain idle. All of the spools are attached to themachine so as to counterbalance each other on the jaws or shaft, as thecase may be.

The wires attached to the machine, as above described,and united in andtwisted by the jaws E, are applied to the top of a bottle as follows:The front ends of the several wires in l the first instance are twistedup tightly by 1,.

hand, just in front of the jaws E in the first instance-i. e.,onstarting anew set of wires but after that the machine does all thetwisting. The twisted ends of the wires X, when the jaws are thrownforward, are grasped by table G, with a bottle on it, is raised up so asto.

the nippers F, and just a moment later the press the top of the bottle,with a cork in it, up under the wires m :0 and between the jaws Ecarrying 'wires or w The mechanism of the parts is such that just aninstant later than the time the top end of e the cork in the bottlestrikes the wire between the jaws E the said jaws are opened by thetappet h, releasing the spring-detent c and allowing thespring E* tothrow the jaws open. The continued carries the mouth of the bottle stillfarther up between the jaws, and thishelps also to open the jaws E. Thewires 00 x, thrown over the cork of the bottle in this manner, arecaught between the top end of the cork and the bottom end of thespring-follower K,which slides in the vertical chamber A of the arm orstandard A. This sliding follower, thrown down by the spring k, permitsthe top end of the bottle,when pressed upward by the table G, to rise upinto the lower end of the cavity of said chamber A, and carry the wires00 00 over the cork along with it, the follower K meanwhile holding thewires down on the cork of the bottle, but permitting them to slide overit as the bottle is raised. The front end of the wire, however, ismeanwhileheld between the nippers F. A pair of clamps, 7c as shown indetail, Figjll, are hinged to the bottom end of the follower K, andthrown down by small springs, so as to allow the wires to pass betweenthem when they are opened, but centering the wires over the corks whenthe bottle is raised up, the said clamps closing up with the wiresbetween them when the top end of the cork or bottle strikes them initsupward movement. The frontledges of the said clamps are beveled, so asto allow the wires to slip down off of them when the table is lowered.'A spring catch or clamp, L, is also attached to the arm A,which catchesunder the neck of the bottle when the table G is lowered, and holds thebottle just in the proper position for allowing the wires to be twistedaround the neck of the bottle just below its flange or wiring-lock. Thisfeature of the machine adapts it to long or short necked bottles.

i For the purposeof forcing the loose wires at the rear side of thebottle down to the wiring neck of the bottle when the jaws are thrownback and opened, a finger, M, is pivoted to the cross-bar of the jawsand arranged to be thrown down in front of and between the jaws E, whenthey are opened, so that the front end IIO of this finger can press thewires down at that r momentto their proper position. This finger isthrown upward by a spring, m, and is thrown forward and down at theproper moment by the sliding rod M, a pawl or detent, m, 011 said rodengaging with a pin, m on the finger bar, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9. Themethod of moving said rod M is also shown in said Figs. 8 and 9. p i

M is a lever pivoted to the rod M, and also to a projection, l\ on theshaft 0. The lower end of lever M abuts against a stop, M. Thearrangement is such that when the jaws recede the lever M will act tothrow the rod M for ward and depress the finger-bar, as before eX-plained. The sliding rodM is held in position next the shaft 0 by loop(1 or in other suitable manner, and is moved by lever M which is looselypivoted to said sliding, rod, and is pivotally supported by bracket MGX- tending from the shaft. A pair of shears, N

attached to theinside of the standard or arm A, cut off the twistedwires between the bottle and the ends of the nippers as soon as eachbottle is wired. This leaves a small twisted wire cord projecting alittle beyond the ends of the nippers for the next bottle. The nip persare operated just at the proper time for this purpose by the rod N andcam N, the said cam being placed on the shaft 13 and operated by it. Ashas before been stated, this shaft makes one revolution at each fullstroke or operation of the machine, so, of course, the cam N can easilybe set to operate the shears N just as the twisting of the wire iscompleted. The sliding shaft is rotated by the wheel 0 which is driven,through the train of gearing B B B from the shaft 13. The wheel 0 has atongue, I), which enters a longitudinal groove in the shaft 0, and thisconstruction allows the shaft to slide in the said wheel when thesliding movement before alluded to occurs, and at the same time providesan em gagement for the said wheel for the rotation of the shaft when itis required. A clutch, 13, on the gear-wheel B is thrown into engagementby the cam B on the shaft 13, so as to clutch the wheels B and B"together at the proper time to rotate the shaft 0. \Vhcn not shaft, B.The clutch B operated by the cam B is provided with a pin resting withinan aperture in the wheel A spring ordinarily keeps the clutch fromengagement with gear B; but in the revolution of the cam 13 it strikesthe clutch and forces its projecting pin inwardly, through the gear B,into contact with gear 13*, thereby clutching the two gears, for thepurpose heretofore described.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. In a bottle-eork-wiringmachine, the combination of a pair of movable jaws with a rotating andsliding shaft to which the jaws are attached, mechanism, as described,for opening and closing the jaws, and a cam rotated byatrain of gearingfor moving the jaws longitudinally, whereby the sliding and rotat ingmovements of the said jaws, together with their opening and closingmovements, complete the wiring of a cork, automatically, at oneoperation.

2. The sliding and rotating shaft 0, provided with wiring-jaws E, incombination with the sliding collar E, stop E", and spring E, and thedetent a, with means for operating the detent, whereby the movements ofthe jaws are controlled by the sliding shaft and the detent, asdescribed.

3. A vertically-moving finger or wire-dc presser pivoted to thetransverse bar or frame of the movable'jaws of a bottle-wiring machine,in combination with a sliding bar for actuating the finger, operated bythe longitudinal movement of thesaid jaws, and a leverconnection, asdescribed, so as to throw the wire down to the flange of the neck of thebottle-at each strokeof the machine before the twisting of the wirecommences.

4. The vertically-moving finger, M, the sliding operating-bar M formoving the said finger M, and the detent or pawl m and operating-pin m",in combination with the pivoted lever M, constructed and operated asdescribed.

5. The cam B pivoted lever D, sliding shaft 0, with its attached movablejaws E, opening-spring E, and closing stop collar and abutment llcombined and arranged so that at each revolution of the cam B thesliding shaft, with its attached movable jaws, shall make oneforward-and backward movement, with the necessary opening and closing ofthe said jaws, at each revolution of the cam.

6. The combination of the driving-shaft B and sliding shaft 0, and itsattached gears, connected together by the gearing-train B 13* 13 0,whereby the sliding shaft and its attached jaws are rotated a sufficientnumber of times to thoroughly twist and tighten the wire on the bottleduringa fractional portion of the revolution of the driving-shaft, andthe forward and backward movement of the sliding shaft is effectedduring the remainder of the rotation of the driving-shaft.

7. The verticallysliding ta ble G, having cam-faced attachment 2, thesliding rod H, ar-. ranged, as described, so as to be shifted by theengagement of' said attachment 2 therewith, and devices, substantiallyas described, connecting the sliding rod H with the jaw-operatingmechanism, whereby the jaws are thrown into operation by thereciprocation of table G, all the recited elements in combination, asand 'for the purposes set forth.

8. The spring-clamp L, attached to bottle -n1outh holder A K, so as toclasp the neck of bottle just below the flange thereof, and hold thebottle by the top end of its neck during the wiring operation. j

9. The automatic wire-holders k for cen tering the wires over the cork,the said holders hinged to the bottom of the spring-fol-- 10. Incombination with the reciprocating table, the sliding and rotating jawsand their operative mechanism, substantially asdescribed, arranged atone side of said table, and the nippers F at the other side of saidtable, said nippers provided with operative IIO mechanism, substantiallyas described, by 12. The combination of jaws E, nippers'F, 1o which theyare operated to grasp the wires and shears N, with means, substantiallyas projecting from saidjaws and hold them dur described, for operatingthe same, arranged ing the backward movement of thejaws, sub: as setforth. 5 stantially as set forth.

11. The automatic nippers F, their operating-cam F connecting-rod F andthe bottle-t Vitnesses: holding table, combined substantially as de- M.RANDOLPH, scribed and set forth. FRANCIS Dion;

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